Kriya Yoga

It was first made widely known by Paramhansa Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi.

According to Yogananda, Kriya is the most effective technique available to mankind today for reaching the goal of Yoga: union with the Divine.

Here you can find information on how to receive initiation into Kriya Yoga through Ananda, where it has been taught to thousands of seekers for over 40 years. Its effectiveness has been proven in the lives of people from all walks of life, religion, and nationality.

What Is Kriya Yoga?
Kriya is a technique of energy control, or pranayama. It is also a comprehensive spiritual path, which includes additional meditation practices, right living, and a link to the enlightened masters mentioned in Autobiography of a Yogi.More

Commitment—The Importance of Discipleship
The need for commitment on the path of Kriya Yoga.More

What Kriyabans Say
Kriya is an extraordinarily effective practise. Read accounts from people who practice Kriya and have experienced its life-changing power.More

Steps Towards Kriya Initiation
You can learn Kriya Yoga from Ananda, where people have practised it daily for many years. In addition to preparing you to receive Kriya, we offer extensive ongoing support.More

Your Questions on Kriya Yoga Answered
“Does Ananda teach the ‘real’ or original Kriya?”, “What do other groups teach?”, “Can Kriya Yoga be dangerous?”, and other questions.More

The Kriya Yoga Masters
Photos of and quotes from the Kriya Yoga masters.More

Quotes on Kriya from Paramhansa Yogananda
The most succinct explanation of Kriya, by Paramhansa Yogananda.More

The desire for equality with others is a delusion; we are equal only in the fact that we are all children of God. Life, otherwise, is like a ladder.

The lower animals are helped upward in their evolution by association with human beings.

Relatively unaware people are helped upward by serving those who are more highly evolved. The caste system in India originally recognized these realities: It wasn’t hereditary, and was never intended to be suppressive. It simply indicated the right direction for humanity to develop—from body-bound (kayastha) to freedom from ego-bondage.

“One moment in the company of a saint,” it has been said, “will be your raft over the ocean of delusion.” The company of persons more highly evolved than oneself can be uplifting. In the case of the devotee who seeks God, saints are the best company. And best of all is it to be guided by a true guru.